If you need a healthy snack recipe, these No Bake Granola Bars are perfect! They are made with rolled oats, seeds, peanut butter, and honey. It takes about 5 minutes to prepare these and they are gluten-free and easily made vegan, too! The best part? No oven required!
I was going to start this post with an apology for posting a snack recipe two weeks in a row, then I realized, duh, you guys love snack recipes. My snack recipes are always the most visited pages, shared pages, pinned recipes, and commented on posts.
So, no apologies, just another healthy snack recipe to add to the list of must-makes! This time it’s in the form of chilly, no bake granola bars. I debated calling these no bake granola bites since I stuffed them in a muffin cup to avoid having to even cut them into bars (lazy much?), but they are definitely bigger than a bite. (Update: I have started making these in my Granola Bar Pan so the most updated pictures are in bar form!) 
I called them “chilly” because we love these served straight from the freezer. Trust me, it’s the most delicious way to eat these tasty little treats. If you prefer to store them in the fridge, that works, but they will be much stickier. They don’t get too hard in the freezer, but have a perfect chewy texture that is great for even toddlers.
The best part is that these no bake granola bars have a prep time of approximately 5 minutes. These may have quickest prep time of all my snack recipes. No chopping, just one bowl, dump and mix.
And then there’s the no baking part. Yesssss. I do chill these in the freezer before eating them, but you don’t really have to.
Let me show you just how easy this No Bake Granola Bars recipe is!
Recipe Ingredients-What you Need
- 3/4 cup old fashioned oats
- 3/4 cup peanut butter
- 1/3 cup + 2 tablespoons honey
- 1/3 cup sunflower seeds
- 1/3 cup pumpkin seeds
- 1/2 cup raisins
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- pinch of salt
Substitutions
- Brown Rice Syrup can be used in place of the honey for strict vegans.
- Almond butter can be used in place of the peanut butter.
- Sunflower seed butter in place of peanut butter makes these nut and peanut free (more school friendly).
How To Make No Bake Granola Bars
- Line a muffin tin with silicone baking cups
or paper liners. You can also use a granola bar pan if you have one, or a bread pan if you’d like to cut these yourself. - Place all ingredients in a mixing bowl and mix together well. The mixture will be thick and sticky.
- Distribute into the muffin tins or granola bar pan or press evenly into bread pan. Using slightly wet hands or a slightly wet spoon, and press the mixture down evenly.
- Place in the freezer and allow to set for about 20 minutes. We like these best stored in the freezer. Enjoy!
or paper liners. You can also use a granola bar pan if you have one, or a bread pan if you’d like to cut these yourself.
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We love homemade granola bars in our house! You should also try these Chewy Homemade Almond Butter Chocolate Chip Granola Bars, these 4-ingredient Peanut Butter Granola Bars with Chocolate, or these Chocolate Oatmeal Granola Bars. All delicious choices!
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No Bake Granola Bars
- Total Time: 5 minutes
- Yield: 12 bars 1x
- Diet: Gluten Free
Description
A quick, easy and healthy snack that takes 5 minutes to prepare!
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup old fashioned oats
- 3/4 cup peanut butter (other nut butters or sunflower seed butter will work)
- 1/3 cup + 2 tablespoons honey
- 1/3 cup sunflower seeds
- 1/3 cup pumpkin seeds
- 1/2 cup raisins
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
Instructions
- Line a muffin tin with silicone baking cups or paper liners. You can also use a granola bar pan if you have one, or a bread pan if you’d like to cut these yourself.
- Place all ingredients in a mixing bowl and mix together well. The mixture will be thick and sticky.
- Distribute into the muffin tins or granola bar pan or press evenly into bread pan. Using slightly wet hands or a slightly wet spoon, and press the mixture down evenly.
- Place in the freezer and allow to set for about 20 minutes. We like these best stored in the freezer. Enjoy!
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Category: Snacks
- Method: no bake
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 bar
- Calories: 193
- Sugar: 8.5g
- Sodium: 73mg
- Fat: 10.5g
- Carbohydrates: 22.8g
- Protein: 5.5g
Keywords: no bake granola bars
This recipe was originally published in 2015. Updates were made and the recipe republished August 2020.
I’m a full time caregiver to my Mom with Alzheimer’s and have little time now for baking. So I loved how fast and easy these were to make and also they are absolutely delicious!
What’s not to love?
We aren’t raisin fans so I used dried cranberries and turned out wonderfully.
I just put in 4 Tablespoons of honey as I like things a little less sweet.
Thanks for a great recipe.
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You’re welcome! Thank you for your kind review.
Could corn syrup be used in place of the honey?
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This granola bars recipe is the best I’ve made! Exquisite, thanks for sharing.
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Lovely blend of ingredients! I was just wondering if I can omit the raisins here, or are they a needed binder? 🙂
Hmmmm that’s a great question! I *think* you could omit them without issue. Please let me know if you try it!
We’d like to try this with almond butter. A great alternative to the ones with preservatives…zippies would be great to send with my daughter for sports events to snack on the bus. Not so sweet so a great energy lift for sports!
Definitely!
Does anyone know how to figure out the nutrional value? Thx!!
Just made these with the following subs: almond butter since my daughter is allergic to peanuts and maple syrup since my son is under 1. A little sticky but delicious! I’ll keep them in the freezer longer and hopefully that will cure the stickiness.
Also wanted to let you know that I made your chicken nuggets recipe and both kids devoured them. Nice job!
Thanks so much for letting me know! I’m glad you enjoyed both recipes.
Yes, cooked and then frozen with the rest of the ingredients. Millet and buckwheat are definitely too crunchy to be eaten raw :).
I figured you knew that cooked would be the way to go, but since the recipe calls for raw oats, I thought I better mention it. 🙂
Hi, these look amazing!!! Do you think I could substitute something for the oats? I think they are probably yummy with oats but we can’t have them.
Thanks so much! I love your blog and recipes!!
I’ve been brainstorming all day, but haven’t thought of anything. I will get back to you if I think of something that might work!
Millet or buckwheat?
I don’t think either of those would work raw, but maybe cooked? I’d go with buckwheat!
Yum! Love a good granola bar and this no bake home made bars look fantastic. Definitely better than any store bought version.
Thanks, Thalia!
I love snacks like this directly from the freezer too- I cant describe why but I think they just taste so much better ice cold! Good to know I’m no the only one 🙂 Plus no bake and all ingredients I have- making these soon!!!
They do taste great icy cold! Perfect for summer, too. 🙂
Wow! These looks amazing! I had to share on Facebook right away lol definitely going to be making these.
Thanks so much for sharing on Facebook!